qvm-sync-appmenus

[SeVaS2016]

Qubes OS version:

Qubes 4 release.
KDE

Affected component(s):

dom0.
kde.
Maybe fedora-26?

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Steps to reproduce the behavior:

qubesctl state.sls qvm.sys-net
qubesctl state.sls qvm.sys-firewall
nano /etc/qubes-rpc/policy/qubes.InputMouse (allow dom0>sys-net)
Gui Qubes Manager: Edit Apps>add/remove apps (No change in kde menu)
qvm-sync-appmenus

Expected behavior:

sync Qubes-Manager with KDE application start menu.

Actual behavior:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/qvm-sync-appmenus", line 9, in <module>
    load_entry_point('qubesdesktop==4.0.12', 'console_scripts', 'qvm-sync-appmenus')()
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/qubesappmenus/receive.py", line 379, in main
    vm = args.domains[0]
IndexError: list index out of range

General notes:

When changing the name of my sys-net, the usb-mouse stops working, even after updating the
/etc/qubes-rpc/policy/qubes.InputMouse
and/or
/etc/qubes-rpc/policy/qubes.InputMouse
I deleted the sys-net and reinstalled via sls.state
After reinstalling sys-net(sys-usb) and sys-firewall, the
qvm-sync-appmenus
fails.

I can, of course, add programs manually, but not with qubes-manager or the qvm code.

Error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/qvm-sync-appmenus", line 9, in <module>
    load_entry_point('qubesdesktop==4.0.12', 'console_scripts', 'qvm-sync-appmenus')()
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/qubesappmenus/receive.py", line 379, in main
    vm = args.domains[0]
IndexError: list index out of range

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Related issues:

Reference that may be applicable?
#2364

[DeltaHeavy]

Reproduced under XFCE Qubes 4.0. This and other tools have insufficient Python exception handling. Let me know if I should open a new issue, but I've noticed that qvm-filewall del similarly errors with improper arguments.

A larger issue "Improve qubes python tools error/exception UI" or similar should probably be opened to umbrella these sorts of issues.

Thanks all!

[DeltaHeavy]

Reproduced under XFCE Qubes 4.0. This and other tools have insufficient Python exception handling. Let me know if I should open a new issue, but I've noticed that qvm-filewall del similarly errors with improper arguments.

A larger issue "Improve qubes python tools error/exception UI" or similar should probably be opened to umbrella these sorts of issues.

Thanks all!

[andrewdavidwong]

Let me know if I should open a new issue, but I've noticed that qvm-filewall del similarly errors with improper arguments.

A larger issue "Improve qubes python tools error/exception UI" or similar should probably be opened to umbrella these sorts of issues.

I can't speak for how the devs will decide to handle it, but I say feel free to open such an issue.

[andrewdavidwong]

Let me know if I should open a new issue, but I've noticed that qvm-filewall del similarly errors with improper arguments.

A larger issue "Improve qubes python tools error/exception UI" or similar should probably be opened to umbrella these sorts of issues.

I can't speak for how the devs will decide to handle it, but I say feel free to open such an issue.